THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — Industry analysts with GasBuddy.com say gas prices will continue to fall this summer, predicting the price at the pump could drop below $2 a gallon. The national average has fallen for four straight weeks and is now $2.81. Concerns about President Trump’s tariffs on China…
CROSSETT, AR (Ben Caxton) — Georgia Pacific announced yesterday that it is shutting down some operations at its Crossett, Arkansas plant. In a press release, the company says permanently shut down the bleached board machines, as well as the extrusion plant, Woodyard, pulp mill and a significant portion of the…
CHICOT COUNTY, AR (Ben Caxton) — A Lousiana man is dead after the Freightliner Semi he was driving hit a culvert just after 6:00 PM Friday evening in Chicot County. Arkansas State Police say, Ronald Bowman, of Delhi, Louisiana, was traveling south on Highway 159, south of Mack Ball Road…
HELENA-WEST HELENA, AR (Ben Caxton) — A Helena-West Helena police officer is off the job pending an investigation after body camera video surfaced showing him pointing a gun at a man over Memorial Day weekend. The video shows officer Terry Daughtery approaching a black car, several times asking the man…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — All three Mississippi teams in the NCAA college baseball tournament notched wins yesterday in their opening games. In Starkville, Mississippi State used a 7th inning rally to take the lead on the way to an 11 to 6 win over Southern. Both Ole Miss and…
LITTLE ROCK, AR (Ben Caxton) — Two inmates who escaped from an Arkansas jail have been captured in New Mexico. Authorities say 31-year-old Jason Michael Brown and 47-year-old Geronimo Espericueta were able to escape their cell in a Little Rock jail on Thursday by crawling through a bathroom ceiling. Brown…
HELENA-WEST HELENA, AR (Ben Caxton) — Police in Helena-West Helena are reviewing body camera footage to see what happened Sunday morning after a man claimed an officer pulled a gun on him for no reason. Edrick Truitt was parked in front of a closed convenience store around 3 AM Sunday…
PHILLIPS COUNTY, AR (Ben Caxton) — Phillips County is the first county in Arkansas to go solar, expecting solar energy technology will save taxpayers money. Phillips County is building a solar farm as part of its new criminal justice complex hoping to save about $50,000 a year. Eventually, there will…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — Coahoma, Leflore, Sunflower and Washington County have all been approved for federal aid to recover from severe weather. They join 20 other Mississippi counties previously approved for recovery aid from February storms that resulted in tornadoes and flooding.
LITTLE ROCK, AR (Ben Caxton) — Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson declared a state of emergency in the capital on Friday due to record flooding on the Arkansas River. The declaration orders the Arkansas National Guard to send high-water rescue teams to the western part of the state and suspends many…
